Medical talcum powder is used to relieve summer heat, clear heat, diuretic, and can be used externally to dispel dampness and astringent sores. Commonly used in gonorrhea (increased frequency of urination, dripping astringent pain), summer dampness and thirst, wet sores.
Talcum powder can be used for dampness and warmth (feeling dampness and heat caused by warm disease) at the beginning or summer dampness thirst, can relieve summer heat, heat and water dampness, is the treatment of dampness and warmth, summer dampness of the commonly used medicines, often with bitter almonds, nutmeg, Coix Seed and other medicines, such as the Three Rendering Soup.
It can also be used for stone drenching (discharge of gravel during urination, or sudden interruption of urination, pain in the urethra, intolerable colic pain in the lower back and abdomen), heat drenching (burning and stinging pain is obvious during urination, accompanied by frequent urination and urgency, and discomfort from traction in the lower abdomen) and other discomforts. It can clear dampness and heat in the bladder, thus clearing the watercourse, and is a common drug used in the treatment of gonorrhea.
It is often used in combination with Qu Mai, Psyllium, Moutong and other drugs, such as Bazheng San.
Externally, it can be used for prickly heat, eczema and wet sores. It is often combined with Mentha piperita, Glycyrrhiza glabra and Cyperus rotundus.
The adverse effects and contraindications of the above drugs and formulas are not known.
The use of Chinese medicines needs to be guided by a medical professional, and if there is any discomfort, it is recommended to consult a doctor promptly.